# कोष्ठ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কোষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
* ᬓᭀᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
* কোষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰺𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁄𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
* ကောၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
* કોષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
* ਕੋਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦺꦴꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂷𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
* ಕೋಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
* កោឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
* ໂກຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
* കോഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠣᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘻𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧜𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑀𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
* କୋଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
* ꢒꣂꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆾𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖺𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
* කොෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩕𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚴𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
* கோஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
* కోష్ఠ (Telugu script)
* โกษฺฐ (Thai script)
* ཀོ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒼𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨆𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kus-t(ʰ)-ōd-, a derivative of *(s)kewH- (“to hide, cover”), see also Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “I cover”), Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to conceal”), and perhaps *huzdą (“hidden treasure”). However, compare Proto-Slavic *kyšьka (“intestines”), which could be from a different root.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐwʂ.ʈʰɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkoːʂ.ʈʰɐ/

### Noun

कोष्ठ • (koṣṭha) stem, m
* entrails, stomach, abdomen
* storeroom, granary, treasury
* an apartment

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: کوٹھ (kōṭha, “granary”), کٹھ (kuṭhụ, “room”)
** Shina: کوت (kōti, “wooden vessel for mixing yeast”)
*** ⇒ Savi: [script needed] (dāntar-kuṭha, “fireplace”)
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kŏṭṭha)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (koṭṭha)
**** Gujarati: કોઠૌ (koṭhau), કોઠી (koṭhī)
**** Hindustani:
    Hindi: कोठा (koṭhā), कोठी (koṭhī)
    Urdu: کوٹھَا (koṭhā), کوٹھِی (koṭhī)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: কোঠা (kütha), কোঁঠা (kü̃tha)
**** Bengali: কোঠা (kōṭha), কুঠী (kuṭhi)
**** Bihari: कोठी (koṭhī)
***** Maithili: कोठी (kōṭhī)
**** Odia: କୋଠା (koṭhā), କୋଠୀ (koṭhi)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Kumaoni: कोठो (koṭho)
**** Garhwali: कोठु (koṭhu, “house surrounded by a wall”)
**** Nepali: कोठा (koṭhā), कोठो (koṭho), कोठि (koṭhi)
** Southern:
*** Elu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ކޮޑި (koḍi, “frame”), ކޮށި (koṣi, “cage”)
**** Sinhalese: කොට (koṭa), කොටු (koṭu), කොටුව (koṭuwa)
*** Maharashtri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: कोठा (koṭhā), कोठी (koṭhī)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Marwari: koṭho (“room”)
    Devanagari script: कोठो (koṭho)
    unspecified script: کوٹھو
**** Punjabi: koṭṭhā
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੋੱਠਾ
    Shahmukhi script: کوٹّھَا
**** Sindhi: koṭho
    Arabic script: ڪوٿو
    Devanagari script: कोथो
* Prakrit: *𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀟 (*kŏṭṭhaḍa)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Odia: କୋଠରି (koṭhari)
** Central:
*** Shauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: koṭhrī (“room, granary”)
    Hindi: कोठरी
    Urdu: کوٹھرِی
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Kumaoni: कोठेरी (koṭheṛī, “small room”)
** Southern:
*** Maharashtri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: कोठडी (koṭhḍī, “room”)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: koṭhṛī (“room”)
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੋਠ੍ਰੀ (koṭhrī)
    Shahmukhi script: کوٹھرِی (koṭhrī)
** → Tamil: கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam)
* Prakrit: *𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀭 (*kŏṭṭhara)
** Central:
*** Shauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: kuṭhārī
    Hindi: कुठारी
    Urdu: کُٹھَارِی
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: কুঠ্ৰী (kuthri, “chamber”)
**** Bengali: কুঠ্রী (kuṭhri)
**** Odia: କୋଠରି (koṭhari)
** Southern:
*** Elu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ކޮޓަރި (koṭari, “room”)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Old Punjabi: ਕੋਠਾਰੀ (koṭhārī, “crucible”)
***** Punjabi: kuṭhālī
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੁਠਾਲੀ (kuṭhālī)
    Shahmukhi script: کُٹھَالِی (kuṭhālī)
* Prakrit: *𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*kŏṭṭhalla)
** Central:
*** Shauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: કોઠલૌ (koṭhlau, “wooden box”)
**** Hindustani: koṭhlā (“room, granary”)
    Hindi: कोठला
    Urdu: کوٹھلَا
** Dardic:
*** Shina: کوتل (kotul, “wattle and mud erection for storing grain”)

### References

* “कोष्ठ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 253.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kostha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 184
* ↑ Szemerényi, O. J. L. (1987). Scripta Minora: Selected Essays in Indo-European, Greek, and Latin. Austria: Insitut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, p. 646